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(545) MERGANETTA LEUCOGENYS LEUCOGENYS (Tschadi). 



Anas leucogenis Tschudi, Arch, fiir Naturg., 1843, vol. 1, p. 390 (Andes of Peru). 

 Merganetta leucogenys Sclater and Salvin, 1869, p. 157 (Tinta). 



Common in the streams of the Temperate Zone; less common in 

 the Subtropical Zone. The female differs from the female of the 

 Columbian species in the vermiculations of the sides of the neck, as 

 described by Taczanowski. A pair seen July 22, in the Huaracondo 

 Canyon were accompanied by two young in the down. 



Occobamba Valley, 9,100 ft., 1 male, 1 female (mated); Lucma, 

 11,000 feet, 1 female; Huaracondo Canyon, 10,000 feet, 1 male, 1 

 female, 2 young (one family) . 



Order PELECANIFORMES. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE. 



CORMORANTS. 



(549) PHALACROCORAX VIGUA VIGUA (VIeiilot). 



Hydrocorax vigua Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 8, 1817, p. 90 (Paraguay). 

 Phalacrocorax brasilianu^ Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 17 (Tunga- 



suca). 

 Phalacrocorax vigua Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Omis, 1906, p. 102 (Santa Ana), 



Noted on the Urubamba between Santa Ana and Chauillay Bridge. 



Order CATHARTIFORMES. 



Family CATHARTIDAE. 



CONDORS, VULTURES. 



(565) SARCORAMPHUS GRYPHUS (Linnaeus). 



Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, 1758, p. 12 (Chile). 



Two condors were observed soaring high over the Urubamba River 

 several miles above San Miguel Bridge. At Colpani, at the upper 

 border of the arid Tropics, one was observed only a few hundred 

 feet above the river, the condor, the black vulture, and turkey 

 vulture all being observed at practically the same altitude on that 

 day (July 9). 



(567) CATHARISTA URUBU (Vieillot). 



Vultur urubu Vieillot, Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 1, 1807, p. 23, pi. 2. (Carolina and 

 Florida). 



Observed in the arid Tropics of the Santa Ana region. No speci- 

 mens secured. 



(568) CATHARTES AURA (subspecies?). 



Vultur aura Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., voL 1, 1758, p. 86 (America calidiore). 

 Observed in the arid Tropics. No specimens taken. 



